PLAYED AT: Gangneung Hockey CentreDate: Apr 14, 2017GAME NOTES: DIXON REACHES MILESTONE, LEADS CANADA TO WORLDS WIN
JASON LA ROSE
GANGNEUNG, South Korea – Adam Dixon (Midland, Ont.) scored twice and added seven assists – including his 200th career point – to propel Canada’s National Sledge Team to a dominant 17-0 win over Sweden on Friday at the 2017 IPC World Para Hockey Championship.
The Canadians tied their own record for goals in a game at the world championship – they beat Japan by an identical 17-0 score to open the 2015 tournament.
Billy Bridges (Summerside, P.E.I.), Tyler McGregor (Forest, Ont.) and Liam Hickey (St. John’s, N.L.) each had a hat trick for Canada, which got points from 11 of its 13 skaters; Bridges finished with seven points, while McGregor, Hickey and Tyrone Henry (Ottawa, Ont.) chipped in with five apiece.
Hickey got the scoring started just 80 seconds after the puck dropped, burying a feed from Bridges and opening the floodgates early.
Bridges made it 2-0 on the power play at 2:58, Dominic Cozzolino (Mississauga, Ont.) converted on a 2-on-0 with McGregor nine seconds after that, Bryan Sholomicki (Winnipeg, Man.) added a fourth goal at 5:10, and Bridges got his second at 5:45, going bar down with his left hand.
Dixon added a goal to the three assists he had already recorded, banking his shot in off a Swedish defender, and got his fifth point of the period on a Ben Delaney (Ottawa, Ont.) shorthanded goal at 12:29.
By the time McGregor capped a busy first period with 1:13 to go, Canada had scored eight times on 14 shots in the opening frame.
McGregor, Hickey and Sholomicki all added their second goals in the first nine minutes of the second period, before Bridges powered a shot through Swedish netminder Ulf Nilsson to finish his hat trick and make it 12-0 at 10:54.
Dixon earned the primary assist on that goal, joining Bridges, Greg Westlake (Oakville, Ont.) and Brad Bowden (Orton, Ont.) as the only players to reach the 200-point mark with Canada’s National Sledge Team.
Bridges’ third goal also spelled the end for Nilsson, who was replaced shortly after by Andreas Neuman after allowing 12 goals on 30 shots in 28 minutes of work.
Canada kept its foot on the gas in the third period; McGregor and Hickey scored their hat-trick goals two minutes apart, and Dixon added his second before Bowden and Henry put their names on the scoresheet in the final four minutes.
Dominic Larocque (Quebec City, Que.) earned his second shutout in as many starts, needing to make just three saves. Canada outshot Sweden 52-3, and has allowed just eight shots through three games.
The Canadians will have less than 24 hours off before returning to the ice against the Koreans on Friday night (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), looking to keep their perfect record intact.

Visiting Team: Sweden

Home Team: Canada

SWEDEN LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

5

Nilsson, Ulf

G

84

Neuman, Andreas

2

Silvstrand Olsson, Filip

3

Ingvarsson, Niklas

4

Isaksson, Rasmus

6

Nilsson, Peter

7

Karlsson, Goran

8

Kasperi, Per

9

Magnevill, Martin

10

Meng, Robin

11

Lundgren, Rasmus

15

Hedberg, Christian

18

Ojala, Peter

20

Rakos, Niklas

21

Holm, Marcus

SWEDEN PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

21

2:00

Roughing

1:38

1

1:38

2:58

1st

2:00

Too Many Players

10:01

1

10:01

12:01

CANADA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

30

Watson, Corbin

G

31

Larocque, Dominic

3

Cozzolino, Dominic

5

Henry, Tyrone

6

Culmone, Anthony

8

McGregor, Tyler

9

Lehoux, Antoine

10

Delaney, Ben

11

Dixon, Adam

12

Westlake, Greg

14

Arsenault, Steve

18

Bridges, Billy

20

Sholomicki, Bryan

23

Hickey, Liam

27

Bowden, Brad

CANADA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

8

2:00

Interference

10:47

1

10:47

12:47

SWEDEN Goals

SWEDEN PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

1:20

23-18-11

1st

2:58

PP

18-11-10

1st

3:07

3-8

1st

5:10

20-11-5

1st

5:45

18-27

1st

8:15

11-9-5

1st

12:29

SH

10-23-11

1st

13:47

8-3-14

2nd

2:12

8-3

2nd

6:11

23-11-18

2nd

9:08

20-11

2nd

10:54

18-11-23

3rd

6:14

8

3rd

8:14

23-18-5

3rd

11:27

11-8

3rd

11:39

27-5-9

3rd

13:54

5-27-18

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

SWEDEN

0 / 1

CANADA

1 / 2

PENALTY SUMMARY

SWEDEN

4 min / 2 inf

CANADA

2 min / 1 inf

POINT SUMMARY

SWEDEN

0 G + A = 0 Pts

CANADA

17 G + 27 A = 44 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

SWEDEN

0

0

0

0

CANADA

8

4

5

17

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

SWE - Nilsson (28:01) (L)

6

12

0

18

/0:00

2nd/13:01

SWE - Neuman (16:59)

0

1

16

17

/13:01

3rd/15:00

CAN - Larocque (45:00) (W)

1

1

1

3

/0:00

3rd/15:00

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

-

Start:

-

End:

-

Attendance:

OFFICIALS

Referee:

Referee:

Linesman:

Linesman:

CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official IPC World Para Hockey Championship Game Report.